Bait casting reel



Aug. 29, 1950 K N 2,520,552

BAIT CASTING REEL Filed Feb. 14, 1946 47/0 [z 19 do 1:]

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Patented Aug. 29, 1950 UNITED STATES" PATET OFFICE BAIT CASTING REEL Rudolph it. Kilian, Baldwinsville, N. Y.

Application February 14, 1946, Serial No. 647,507

This invention relates to fishing reels, and particularly to reels having means by which they are especially adapted for bait casting, and has for its object a. brake mechanism which releases under the pull of the plug bait on the line unwinding from the reel, so that the reel unwinds free of the brake while the bait is pulling on the line under the momentum imparted to the bait during the casting and the brake is automatically re-applied when the line tends to develop slack.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a reel embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the plane of line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the plane of line 3-3, Figure 1.

l designates the frame of the reel, which may be of any suitable construction, it including the heads 2, 3 and tie rods 4 connecting them. 5 designates the line spool, this being mounted on a spindle 6 suitably journalled in the heads 2, 3.

1 designates the usual guide for the line to distribute it evenly when it is winding on the spool, this guide bein movable along a rod 8 having right and left intersecting spiral grooves joined at their ends and the guide a follower in the groove. The spindle B is rotated to wind the reel in any suitable manner, as by a crank handle 9 mounted on a stud I which is connected to the spindle 6 at one end thereof through a train of gears l'l. There is also a train of gears H0 to the rod 8 to rotate it. The train of gears is mounted within the head 2 which is formed hollow to form a housing for the gearing.

I2 is an annular brake ring mounted in the head 3 opposed to the adjacent head of the spool 5. i3 is a brake member mounted on the spindle 6 and opposed to the brake ring l2, the brake member l3 having a hub on the spindle 6 which is keyed thereto by a pin l4 extending through the spindle and into slots I in the hub of the brake member l3. The brake member I3 is shiftable axially and is self-resetting when the force holding it disengaged ceases. As shown, the clutch member is reset by a spring it which normally thrusts it into frictional engagement with the brake ring I2. The spool 5 is wound by the spindle through a lost motion connection or device 4 Claims, (Cl. 3.4%845) which permits the spool to overrun to turn the spindle when the spool is being unwound by the pull on the line under the momentum of the bait or plug when passing through the air. Means is provided for shifting the brake member l3 out of engagement with the brake ring 12 when the spool so overruns under the pull of the bait on the line unwinding from the spool and the lost motion is being taken up in one direction. The lost. motion device, as here shown, consists of circumferentially spaced shoulders or lugs IT, l8 on the brake member i3 and a shoulder orlug IS on the adjacent head of the spool and working between the shoulders 11, I8. When winding the reel by the handle 9, the lug l8 presses a ainst the shoulder l 9 on the spool.

The means for shifting the brake member against its spring iii are cam parts, as an inclined plane surface 2! between the shoulders ll, 18 with its low point toward the shoulder I1 on an end face 22 on the shoulder l9.

When casting, as the force on the plug bait causes it to exert a strong pulling force on the line and hence to unwind the line from the spool, the shoulder l9 moves up the inclined plane surface, thus camming the brake wheel l3 out of frictional engagement with the brake ring l2. However, as soon as the plug bait loses its forward momentum or slack tends to develop in the line, the brake spring re-acts and resets the brake, and in so doing, cams the shoulder [9 down the inclined plane toward the lug ii. The

brake spring [6 thrusts in opposite directions against a finger-operated adjusting nut 26 threading on the spindle 6 and the brake member [3, the nut 26 being adjustable to regulate the amount of friction or brake action between the member I3 and the brake ring I2.

In reeling in the line, the drag of the plugbait in the water or the stronger pull of a fish on the plug will actuate the brake release, so

that the reeling-in operation is free from the resistance of brake friction, as during this operation, the shoulder [9 on the reel is pulled to the high area of the inclined plane 2|. When the plug, or fish, is free of the water, and the pull on the line lessens tending to develop a sudden overwinding of the reel, the shoulder I9 shifts to the low area of the inclined plane 2 I, permitting the brake member or disk 13 to be reapplied.

What I claim is:

l. A bait casting reel including a frame, a spindle mounted in the frame, a spool mounted on the spindle, and means for rotating the spindle to wind the line on the spool, a stationary thepull on the line ceases and the line tends to become slack.

2. A "bait casting reel including a frame, a spindle mounted in the frame, a spool mounted on the spindle, and means for rotating the spindle to rotate the spool, a stationary brake surface on the frame, an axially-shiftable, selfresetting, spring-pressed brake member normally engaging said brake surface, a driving connection between the brake member and the spool including a lost motion device and coacting cam parts on the brake member and the spool operable to shift the brake member against its spring, when the spool is being rotated by the pull of the bait on the line.

" 3. A bait casting reel including a frame, a

spindle mounted in the frame, a line spool mounted on the spindle, a connection between the spindle and the spool to rotate the spool with the spindle including a lost motion device, means for actuating the spindle, a friction brake for normally retarding the rotation of the spindle under the pull on the line including a spring-pressed, self-resetting shiftable member rotatable with the spindle and constituting a part of the lost motion device, and cam means embodied in the lost motion device and operable to shift the shiftable brake member against its spring when the spool is rotating under the pull of the line and the lost motion i being taken up in one direction, the resetting of the shiftable brake member by its spring when the line slackens causing the cam means to take up the lost motion in the other direction.

4. A bait casting reel including a frame, a spindle mounted in the frame, a line spool mounted on the spindle, a friction brake for normally retarding the rotation of the spool under the pull of the line including a self-resetting shiftable member mounted on the spindle and rotatable therewith and shiftably axially thereof, said brake member being provided with spaced apart shoulders and an inclined plane between the shoulders, the spool being provided with a driving lug extending between the shoulders and coacting with the inclined plane, and means for rotating the spindle. f

' RUDOLPH R. KILIAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,753,738 Boyer Apr. 8, 1930 2,3243% Rutledge July 13, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 301,963 7 Great Britain Dec. 10, 1928 

